Car-replacer



O. E. BAILEY. GAR REPLAGER.

(No Model.)

No. 405,398. Patented June 18, 1889.

fiweniol? To all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES ELMAR DAILEY, OF EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO.

CAR-REPLACER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,398, dated June 18,1889.

Application filed December 13, 1888. Serial No. 293,478. (No model.)

Be it known that I, CHARLES ELMAR DAILEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at East Liverpool, in the county of Columbiana andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRailroad-Oar Replacersgand I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, andto theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to that class of carreplacers described'in PatentsNos. 10,301 and 362,259, and its special object is to obviate certainobjections thereto, as hereinafter described.

Figure'l is a plan view, and Fig. 2 a crosssection on the dotted line 000c of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, A A represent the maintrack rails, and B the sleepers.On the outside of the right rail A, I secure by hooks H a plate P, whichwidens gradually from front to rear and inclines downwardly until thebroad end is quite or nearly flush with the top of the sleepers B. Onthis plate P, I arrange three guide-rails Q R S, so that there are, whentaken in connection with rail A, three open spaces, in which the wheelof car may run and be conductedup to and upon the said rail A. Themiddle guide-rail R is pivoted near its rear end and diagonally cut atthe front end, while the latter is held by a spring-bolt '1 to the outerguide-rail S. This outer guide'rail is extended forward at S and thereprovided with the vertical guard-flange S hence it will be seen that ifthe right car-wh eel enters the space between the guardrail Q andtrack-rail A it is guided directly upon rail A; but if it enters eitherof the other openings it is first conducted to the extension S, andthence to the rail A. car-wheel enters the opening between theguide-rails-R S, the guide-rail R is pressed aside, but as soon as theWheel passes is drawn back by the spring-bolt. On the rail A, andopposite the plate P, I secure by hooks H a plate P, which irclinesdownwardly'toward the other rail and widens rearwardly until it nearlytouches rail A. On the sharp edge of plate P is used a pin 1), whichbites on one of the sleepers B, so as to keep the plate from being movedforward with the car. Plate P is also held by a subjacent wedgeclamp V.

I preferably set the plate P one sleeper ahead of the plate P.

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding ofmy invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect by LettersPatent, is

A car-replacer consisting of the two plates P P, the former providedwith guide-rails Q R S, and extension S, having the verticalguard-flange S the middle guide-rail being rear pivoted and spring heldin front to the outer guide-rail, as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES ELMAR DAILEY. Witnesses:

ROBERT C. BAXTER, A. R. GOULD.

If said-

